Situational prevention and public transport crime in El Salvador

Natarajan, Mangai; Clarke, Ronald V.; Carcach, Carlos A; Ponce, Carlos; Sanfeliú, Margarita Beneke de; Polanco, Dolores Escobar; Chavez, Mario Javier; Shi, Mauricio

doi:10.1186/s40163-015-0043-4

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Além disso, diminuir a superlotação é fundamental para minimizar conflitos entre usuários e trabalhadores. A instalação de câmeras de segurança e dispositivos de rastreio dos ônibus pode desencorajar os comportamentos agressivos e identificar os autores no caso de episódios violentos 47 .…”

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Dor musculoesquelética em motoristas e cobradores de ônibus da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

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Medeiros

2018

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Musculoskeletal pain among professionals in the transport sector has been linked to working conditions. The scope of this study was to assess the prevalence of cervical musculoskeletal pain and its relation to pain in other areas (arms, hands and shoulders). The association between neck pain, related to pain in other areas or otherwise, was checked against occupational factors. A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was conducted with 799 bus drivers and 708 fare collectors of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The outcome was characterized according to the positive answer to the question about musculoskeletal pain in the anatomical areas studied. The prevalence of neck pain in the sample was highest at 16.3%, followed by pain in the shoulders 15.4%, arms 13.3% and hands 6.3%. The factors associated with musculoskeletal pain in the sample were being female, complaints of disability, perception of threat to safety, vibration, excessive or unbearable noise and sitting in an uncomfortable posture. The results provide clues to transformation of the workplace, thereby contributing to the enhancement of occupational health.

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Dor musculoesquelética em motoristas e cobradores de ônibus da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

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2018

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“…The international literature is vast in showing ways places, including transit environments, can be made safer by applying situational crime prevention (LaVigne, 1997; Levine et al, 1986;Newton et al, 2015), but much more limited in showing ways to prevent sexual harassment and sexual violence against women in transit environments (Gekoski et al, 2015;Madan and Nalla, 2015;Natarajan, 2016;Natarajan et al, 2015) Common safety interventions may include design strategies (e.g. improving lighting, decreasing disruptive objects, increasing visibility, good maintenance of transport facilities, implementing real time scheduling information), passenger separation strategies (e.g.…”

Section: Situational Crime Preventing Sexual Violence In Transit Envimentioning

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Crime in São Paulo’s metro system: sexual crimes against women

Ceccato

Paz

2017

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The article investigates personal safety conditions in the São Paulo metro, the largest rapid transit system in Brazil. The study looks at all types of crimes, but devotes special attention to the nature and spatio-temporal dynamics of sexual crimes against women while in transit. The methodology combines Geographical Information System (GIS) and crime records with data collected using Google street view and other secondary data into a set of regression models. Findings show that sexual violence is concentrated at the busiest central stations; it often takes place during the morning and afternoon rush hours, and at stations that also attract all sorts of violence and events of public disorder.The study finalises with an analysis of the metro's current prevention practices targeting women's sexual victimisation.

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“…The study therefore makes a valuable contribution to the literature on crime and public transport, which at present is almost exclusively concerned with public transport in developed countries [see the contribution by Natarajan et al (2015) this volume, on crime and public transport in El Salvador]. Public transport in the cities of less developed countries, such as India, is mostly provided by buses, which are privately run.…”

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Rapid assessment of “eve teasing” (sexual harassment) of young women during the commute to college In India

Natarajan

2016

Crime Sci

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Many countries have taken action in recent times to address harassment in the work place and violence in the home, but little attention has been paid to sexual harassment in public places, specifically during women's journey to work and school. In developing countries, many more women are seeking education and employment than previously, which has increased the opportunity for sexual harassment in public places. In India, the study location, this harassment is known as "eve teasing". Eve teasing includes cat calling, lewd remarks, and inappropriate sexual contact such as rubbing and fondling. Tolerance of such incidents could lead to more severe forms of abuse and encourage more individuals to participate. Necessary as laws are, they cannot bring about immediate changes in widespread public behaviors, particularly those, such as eve teasing, that are deeply rooted in the culture of a country. To date there is no systematic research on sexual harassment in public places to assist public authorities and town planners with the development of security measures, especially for college-going women in cities and towns in India. Rapid assessment methodology has been used increasingly, especially in the field of public health, to assist decision-making about appropriate interventions for social problems by examining issues within social and cultural contexts in space and time. This paper provides a case study of rapid assessment of so-called "eve teasing" of female college students in Chennai, India. Three methods were employed in this rapid assessment of the problem-focus group discussions with college students, interviews with police officers from stations nearby the campuses and safety audits of the campus surroundings. This small exploratory study of eve teasing in India succeeded in promoting understanding of the problem and in providing many suggestions for reducing it. These latter included an extensive inventory of precautions for students, particularly female students to take in order to protect themselves from eve teasing, and a list of preventive suggestions for other stakeholders-the police, local municipalities, transport agencies and the colleges themselves. The study has wider implications for the study of routine precautions, for crime in public space and for the use of rapid assessment techniques in Crime Science.

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Situational prevention and public transport crime in El Salvador

Cited by 23 publications

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Dor musculoesquelética em motoristas e cobradores de ônibus da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Dor musculoesquelética em motoristas e cobradores de ônibus da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Crime in São Paulo’s metro system: sexual crimes against women

Rapid assessment of “eve teasing” (sexual harassment) of young women during the commute to college In India

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